Monday, March 21, 2011

Moments with Joey – Hard Work and Good Smells

SCENE 1, INTERIOR. AFTERNOON, SCHOOL LIBRARY.Most of the class is in the kiva, practicing a rap song about the presidents of the United States to a karaoke track of Coolio’s “Gangster’s Paradise.” As the teacher checks on the four or five students working on their homework in the library, one boy approaches him.

JOEY: Mr. Z, I only have one assignment left and then I’m all caught up!

TEACHER: Joey, I’m so proud of you; you’ve worked awfully hard.

[The boy stands there for a second and then throws his arms around his teacher, giving him a huge hug. With his face buried in his teacher’s shirt, the boy takes a deep breath].

JOEY: It’s all because of you, Mr. Z…you…[pause] Man, you smell SO good!

[Pause].

TEACHER: You know, I don’t know whether I should be flattered or creeped out.

This so reminds me of the boy students I have who love my girly smelling hand sanitizer. I have regular no smell sanitizer but I also have some Bath and Body that some of my boy students love to use. I'll point out to them that it is Spring flowers smell and they tell me that it's ok because it smells so good.